Archives for
September 2007

Tipped is a new user-generated review site based in the UK. The basic premise of the site is very similar to Yelp. Here you can search for and leave reviews for local venues. There are various categories laid out for the site, from health and beauty ...

ConvertTube is a service that will let you convert and download an online video by simply providing the URL. The options for file conversion let you convert for Windows, Macs, Flash files, audio only, iPhone, iPod, PSP or mobile. Once the conversion ...

Today, Windows Live is finally opening up the new suite of Windows Live software that we mentioned here earlier this week. The main changes are the integration of Hotmail, Live Spaces, SkyDrive beta, the Image Gallery, and the Windows Live Homepage b...

Pix.ie is a new photo-sharing site based in Ireland. The site aims to offer you a place for storing and sharing photos. In all, the site is almost a dead ringer for Flickr, and many other photo sharing sites. You can browse through the site without l...

Whisher, the WiFi connection sharing application, has announced a number of enhancements to their software. Among the new features are additional connectivity to other networks such as FON, geolocation for finding your Whisher buddies, and integratio...

Snitter is a new Twittering tool that brings your tweets to your desktop, and works on both Macs and PCs. The application runs on Adobe AIR, and you'll need to download it in order to enjoy all of its features. It very much resembles an instant messa...

We’ve received word of a new application for running AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) on iPhone. MobileChat beta loads your full buddy list with statuses, allows you to change to online/away mode, and includes sound/popup notifications for new messages. T...

Hire A Helper is a new site that has created a Guru-like marketplace for household labor. The purpose of the site is actually to match up college students that need extra cash with home owners that could stand to catch a break. When exploring the sit...

Social Suggester, the review and recommendation community, is officially launching its Facebook application. We reviewed the application not too long ago while it was being tested with a limited number of users. You'll remember that the application l...

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Orkut is launching news feeds this week to keep you updated on what your friends are doing. The feature isn't live for everyone yet, but will be rolled out over the next few days. Orkut explains: Starting today...

DailyCaption is a new site that takes a new Flickr photo every day and lets the community create their own caption for what they think could be going on. These are done as mini contests, and captions submitted by users are left in the form of a comme...

Universal Music Group has sued video sharing site Veoh for "massive copyright infringement". You'll remember that UMG threatened Veoh with a lawsuit in August, and Veoh pre-emptively filed against the music label claiming that it hadn't infringed any...

CollabAndRate, the service that lets you take suggestions for your company and show the tracking progress of these suggestions, is officially launching today with a special offer for Mashable readers. The first five businesses that set up a CollabAnd...

This may be the best story of the year. Possibly the best story ever. Media titans NBC and News Corp are being sued today by Lulu.com for trademark infringement after the announcement of the video site's official name, "Hulu". The claim was filed in ...

Microsoft is pushing its inferior Hotmail product in the Windows Live Installer this week, while Gmail remains our number one choice. But there are plenty more mail services to choose from. Whether you need traditional email, ways to check everything...

Coghead, the website development tool, is launching Business Essentials, which is a set of pre-built applications for small businesses to replace several aspects of paper-based processes with web-based apps. Included with the plan for small businesse...

Wetpaint, the wiki creator, has debuted several new site templates to offer high quality options specifically for classrooms, group projects, gamers, weddings, sports teams and more. These new templates have included the tools for each vertical that ...

Zoho will be at the Office 2.0 conference announcing the launch of Zoho Business, a new business-level service for their set of office applications. Initially Zoho Business will be offered in Private Beta and by October, the Beta version should go pu...

It was the greatest of ironies that Google Reader, an RSS reader from the leading search company, had no search box. They added one today, allowing you to search your subscriptions and shared items from others. Other tweaks include the ability to hid...

Atlantic Records has set up a promo for rapper Yung Joc, that's designed as a trading card collection game to be played on your mobile phone. Users that sign up for this promo will get a trading card sent to their mobile phones every week. These trad...

Recent Listings Wanted: Talented Developers - Web 2.0 Startup Does the prospect of building a really cool web service used by millions of people excite you? Do yo... PBS Interactive Department PBS Interactive has a number of key positions open which ...

Diigo, the online research tool for business solutions, is previewing a new browser-based player at the Office 2.0 Conference today. This patent-pending player from Diigo, called WebSlides, lets you create a slide show with web pages. From a collecti...

Google has added some new features to its Book Search today. With the new features, Google gives you for book results are the ability to add it to your library, write a review, buy it from various online retailers or borrow it from a local library. T...

Marié Digby is one of those YouTube phenomenons that has become the success story for the 21st century. A girl sitting in her living room with her guitar, singing a cover rendition of a popular R&B song. Then it's announced that she's been signed by ...

Looks like Bebo is putting together a regular line up for web series content. A new interactive drama series called "Sofia's Diary" will air on Bebo this coming fall. The series is from Sony Pictures Television International, and will include daily v...

Yahoo Messenger has added a few new features to its service with today's beta release of its latest version. New tabbed instant messenger windows lets you have multiple conversations take place within one window, with each conversation appearing unde...

According to a recent Nielsen report, Barack Obama is leading all presidential candidates in terms of visitors to campaign websites, both for Democrats and Republicans. With 717,00 unique visitors in July, Obama was ahead of Hillary Clinton and John ...

Ruckus, the ad-supported music download service for college students has reached a few milestones and introduced some new features that should make things easier for college students seeking free songs. With business growing, Ruckus has reached an av...

TicketLeap, the ticket-selling service enabling you to sell tickets for your own events, has launched a Facebook application. This app really acts as an extension of your own TicketLeap account, and existing TicketLeap vendors can also take advantage...

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